Roel ruimt dixi-toiletten op na Koningsdag

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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

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What is a Dutch “dixi”?

dixi
noun · dutch portable toilet
A Dutch portable toilet — generic name borrowed from the Dixi brand, ubiquitous at Dutch festivals and Koningsdag

A dixi is the Dutch generic name for a portable toilet, borrowed from the Dixi brand operated by Toi Toi & Dixi (the European market leader). Dutch festival season runs on dixi rentals: Koningsdag, Pinkpop, Lowlands, De Vierdaagse, Sail Amsterdam, neighborhood braderieën, and the country’s many kermissen all need temporary sanitation. Toi Toi and Dixi dominate the market so completely that dixi has become the generic term, the way Tesa in German covers all sticky tape. Cleanup the day after Koningsdag is a Dutch municipal-services ritual.

In this clip, a Dutch Roel hauls dixi-toiletten the morning after Koningsdag: “Wat verdomme... Kijk, hier doen we het voor.”

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?

92.6%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Dutch words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday Dutch.

General Dutch frequency

89.2%
Top 1,000
92.6%
Top 2,000
95.9%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

96.4%
Top 1,000
98.6%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-Dutch data than in general usage, so it may feel closer to everyday conversation.

Words above this video’s level

Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A2 level.

binnenkant
Rare / outside top 5,000
inside part
diksie
Rare / outside top 5,000
small talk (slang)
koningsdag
Rare / outside top 5,000
King's Day (proper noun)
maroel
Rare / outside top 5,000
merriment (archaic)
opruimer
Rare / outside top 5,000
cleaner or organizer

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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